THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School
Chemawa. Oregon.
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Ruthyn Turney, Manager.
JAS. H. McGREGOR
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Superintendent
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ATHLETIC NOTES
Columbia University took the measure of our base
ball team for the second time this season when they
defeated us here last Saturday afternoon 12 to 10. It
was a scorching day and ideal baseball weather, but
being the first of its kind had a drowsy effect on a
teammate who failed to get under a fly ball in time to
retire the side and incidentally save us a half-dozen
runs.
Columbia scored twice in the first inning, but that
little lead was overtaken in our half of the first when
our boys chased three runners across the plate.
But
it was the next inning that our left fielder gave up the
ghost and Columbia wrecked our hopes. Before we
could settle down the visitors had scored six runs,
enough to win an ordinary ball game.
Everything
looked dark and all hands seemed to have settled down
in their seats to wait for the end, but “Tommie”
Thompson revived our hopes on our turn to bat when
he strode to the plate with his trusty “willow” and
drove one against the shops that rebounded so hard
the center fielder chased it over a whole half-acre,
while Thompson tore around the bases for a home run.
That was a fine start for a new inning, but heavy to
keep up, and Columbia retired the side with but one
more run against them. That ended our scoring until
the eighth inning, when our batters found Metschan,
Columbia’s star twirler, for three safe hits and he was
relieved for a fresh man. The change did not retard
the hitting of our batsmen and seven of them registered
hits and we garnered six runs before Columbia could
get the side out.
That little rally changed conditions considerably
and the drowsy crowd awakened into a roaring throng.
They yelled for hits and runs and they got seven and
six, but not enough to turn defeat into victory. Both
teams played air-tight ball in the last inning and neither
allowed a hit or a run and the score was unchanged.
Solomon Fleury, our pitching ace. did the hurling
for our team and struck out eleven men and allowed
eleven hits. Metschan, for Columbia, struck out nine
batters and was found for fifteen hits.
The team plays Linfield College here Saturday.
We hope to benefit by some of the errors that were so
costly in the Columbia game and to take the collegians
into camp if we can. We must be awake and on our
toes all the time and leave the dreaming to those in
the bleachers if we would win.
The class game between the seventh and eighth
graders that was supposed to be played last week will
be played Sunday.
Coach Sanders and a few of his track men entered
into the four-cornered track meet held at O. A. C.
last Saturday, and though they did not win, they
came home with second place, beating out Linfield
College and the Oregon Normal school. One of the
most spectacular events of the meet was the half-mile
run which was won by our man, Gideon Brings Grub.
LOCAL
Mr. Bent made a week-end business trip to Spokane,
Wash.
Our singing organizations, both boys and girls, will
provide a program tonight for the Odd Fellows’ lodge
in Salem.
Frank Johnson, former Chemawa graduate, but who
has been attending the medical school at the Univer
sity of Oregon during the past winter, spent the last
week-end at Chemawa.
Emma Escholt, who returned to her home in Deering,
Alaska, some time back on account of ill-health, has
written friends here that she is now about back to
normal and that she has taken up tenth grade work in
the school there.
The Nonpareil and Excelsior Literary Societies en
joyed a joint meeting in the auditorium last Friday
evening. An interesting program was rendered con
sisting of instrumental and vocal music, recitations, a
playlet, and impromptu talks. Grace Peterson, presi
dent of the Nonpareils, presided. Mr. Downie and
Mr. Johnson, visitors, both gave excellent talks.
A rare treat was afforded our people last Sunday
afternoon when Dr. H. C. Epley brought the Salem
Boys’ Chorus, of which he is the director, to Chemawa
to give us a concert. For an hour and a-half or more
the Doctor entertained us with his talented and well-
drilled chorus of boys. The youngsters range in age
from little fellows just out of the cradle to boys able
to play ball and what they accomplished out here was
truly marvelous.
We appreciated every number of
the long, difficult, and varied program.
The con
clusion is that Dr. Epley is one man in many thousands
for work such as he is doing, and that it is of inestim
able value to the city of Salem and community.
We
thank the Doctor and his chorus and trust that some
day they will again favor us.